Summer Tomato Salad

It does not get much easier than this: Wash and cut slits into a tomato. I prefer the black-green ones but any tomato with rich flavour will do. Slice a soft cheese such as bocconcini into wedges and insert into tomato slits. Place on a plate with full flavoured greens like arugula and basil. Drizzle a little

Cold Cantaloupe Salad

When the summer is hot, as it is at the moment, I usually keep a melon seeded and cut into ready-to-eat-pieces in the Frigidaire. I arrived home from the gym hungry and craving something cold, and filling. There was not much cold in the house at the time but I did have cantaloupe and bocconcini.

Damn Good Tartare Sauce

I like tartare sauce; I always have. I eat it with fish and seafood, but for the ultimate treat, with steak tartare. Most recipes, including this one, are based on the classic combination of mayonnaise and finely chopped ingredients. My variation is to use the capers whole and coarsely chop everything else. Warning; do not